Understanding the materials list

[David J. Potter]

28 1/16 high Wall Interior-4 : "Interior-4" stands for walls, you have drawn that have a 2" x 4" structural interior layer, this wall type also has in inner layer of 1/2" sheet rock (drywall) on either side of the structural 2" x 4" .

The "28 1/16" value is an inventory of that wall type found in the model at that stated height.

"Siding-6" stands for walls that you created that have a 2" x 6" structural interior layer, an inner layer of drywall (sheet rock), a outer layer of moisture barrier, then sheathing (OSB) then the outer-most layer of siding. The dimensional value is merely the inventoried height.

In terms of understanding the read out, it has nothing to do with precise locations (unless you use the "materials list from room" limiter of course), the tool inventory's the model or more precisely, how you built the model. The materials list measures what you did, it is not designed to make corrections for your skill or the lack thereof or traditional procedures or conventions, it just measures what you have rightly or wrongly made, en masse. The materials list tool adds up what you have knowingly or unknowingly placed or allowed to be placed into the model.

DJP